Sep 2020 – Sep 2020 · 0 mo · New Delhi, Delhi, India

• Invited as an Expert to give suggestions and testify before the Joint Parliamentary Committee of Protection of Data Privacy Bill

Jun 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 9 mos

Mar 2018 – Apr 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• Advisory Board Member of the Center for Innovation and Progressive Regulation under Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority

Oct 2016 – Present · 9 yrs 5 mos · Lucknow Area, India

• Mentor for State Startup Policy, Government of Uttar Pradesh
• Responsible for advising the government on promoting entrepreneurship ecosystem and incubation centers. Uttar Pradesh is the largest state in India with over 220 million people and 110 million youth.

Feb 2016 – Present · 10 yrs 1 mo · Delhi, Pune, Nashik, Singapore, Bahrain, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Lucknow

• Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Centre was formed as a tribute to Dr. Kalam, the 11th President of India
• Taking forward the visions and works of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, we aspire to create a sustainable and livable planet Earth for the humanity. The Centre aims to promote innovations, especially in governance and social enterprises, improve youth participation in national and international development and improve access to education and knowledge in all strata of the society.
• The history of the organization began when Dr. Kalam and I started the Kalam Foundation in 2012 - where Dr. Kalam was the Chairman and I was the manager.
• Kalam Centre is now the world's largest NGO on social media with over 4 million followers.
• It has the following CoEs/Areas of work:
• 1. Education Innovations
• 2. Center for Fair Algorithms
• 3. Mars Mission India
• 4. Kalam Fellowship
• 5. Center for Innovation in Governance
• Know More: www.kalamcentre.org

Jul 2009 – Jul 2015 · 6 yrs · New Delhi Area, India

• Assigned as the Officer on Special to 11th President of India (through Department of Space, PMO). Work involved close quarter advisory with the President and accompanying him on all his travels, in India and abroad and maintaining connection with the concerned parties he would be meeting and interacting with.
• The job profile included consulting work on variety of need based topics including economics, politics, policy, sustainable development and technology.
• 1) Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA): Evolution of Sustainable Development System of PURA with Dr. Kalam which is now a major national policy initiative in India undertaken by three Union Ministries in PPP mode (www.pura.net.in). The scheme of PURA is part of the 12th Year Plan.
• 2) Setting up Warana PURA – Bringing together the various stakeholders to initiate the Warana PURA and Goraj PURA(Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas) in '10 which led to the evolution of some of the landmark PURAs
• 3) Preparation of Bihar Development Plan for Legislative Assembly
• 4) UP Economic Developmental Plan through Social Entrepreneurship (presented to the respective CM)
• 5) Research towards development of the Space Based Solar Power and its scope leading to the Kalam-National Space Society (USA) Space Solar Initiative
• 6) Developed an Energy Independence Roadmap for India & Maldives
• 7) Development plan for the state of Gujarat presented at the Gujarat Chintan Shivir
• 8) Study and analysis of BrahMos, Akash Missile System and PAN African e-Network to assess their profitability and efficacy parameters
• 9) Analysis of various Water Management Projects across the world, with emphasis on Ohio River Basin Management Project by the US Army Engineering Corp. The report was presented to Bihar Government and Indian Armed Forces with a roadmap for implementation
• 10) Koodankulum NPP–Research & Publications to bring an unbiased scientific understanding of the Nuclear Plant in wake of Fukushima

Aug 2014 – Present · 11 yrs 7 mos · New Delhi

• 10 member expert panel constituted by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, to explore, design and develop the Shyama Prasad Mookherjee National Rurban Mission for development of 650,000 villages of India.

May 2014 – Aug 2016 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Gandhinagar

• Advised the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Smt. Anandiben Patel in building technology based innovations and solutions to improve the governance model of the state. Major projects included:
• 1. Streamlining assembly constitutencies (including ISO grade certification)
• 2. I-Poshan (Cloud based management for 60,000 ICDS center - Anganwadis of the state which cater to the children and women population)
• 3. Automation of CMs office and dashboard management
• 4. Solutions for police reforms via technology
• 5. Industry specific policies
• 6. Innovation social outreach models for the Statue of Unity Project

Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 · 3 yrs · New Delhi

• Strengthening governance, poverty alleviation, rural empowerment and innovative social impact.

Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 · 1 yr

Jan 2013 – Mar 2013 · 2 mos · New Delhi

• Project Dharma has the mission of creating local Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs) and enabling them to emerge as the creators, retailers and service providers of rural market for quality and technologically superior products which deliver value addition to the lives of the consumers. The organization has close partnerships with the Shell Foundation, Coca Cola, London Business School, Pratham, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser and many other major brands who are partnering the unique model to reach out to the rural markets.

Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 · 1 yr · Kolkata Area, India

• Bandhan Financial Services Private Limited is the leading Microfinance institution in Eastern India. Worked as a Consultant on IIMA Consultancy Team for project towards understanding the sector, generating insights and creating a future roadmap for the organization given the dynamics of the sector. The findings and report of the research were presented in a special workshop at IIMA to the Deputy Governor of RBI and more than 50 CXOs from Financial Institutions and Development Sector Organization in January 2013.

Nov 2011 – Present · 14 yrs 4 mos

Sep 2010 – Mar 2011 · 6 mos · New Delhi Area, India

• Consultant Member, IIMA Consultancy Team for the project on Studying the Key Success Factors of Public Sector Enterprises, with DMRC as a subject, to evolve key ideas and suggestions for the success of a large scale public organization in a developing nation.

Jan 2009 – Jul 2009 · 6 mos · Ahmedabad Area, India

• Led the student’s initiative in Operation Savdhaan, a program jointly with IIMA students and Anti- Terror Squad Gujarat Police to mobilize people to be more proactive and prepared for countering Terror .

Jan 2009 – Mar 2009 · 2 mos · Dang, Gujarat and Siliguri, WB

• Worked on a Ministry of Rural Development (Government of India) funded consultation project on strengthening and improving the deliverables of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) (2010). Work involved field level visit and intensive study of the assets being creating and existent potential and the team involves 2 IIMA professors and many other experts

Apr 2008 – Jun 2008 · 2 mos · Gurgaon, India

• Worked for UN World Food Program and Governments of India and Orissa towards radically improving TPDS in India, a government initiative drawing Rs.3266 billion annually.
• Part of the BCG team which planned and implemented the solution of improving delivery of Public Distribution System in Rayagada, Orissa for over 1 million rural population
• Project involved multiple biometric based approach and was widely covered in media (http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/iim-a-student-bcg-to-improve-pds/336065/)
• Based on excellent performance, was offered Pre-Placement Offer to join the organization full time